سورة الدخان، الآية ٣٢
وَلَقَدِ ٱخْتَرْنَٰهُمْ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ عَلَى ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ٣٢
walaqadi ikh'tarnāhum ʿalā ʿil'min ʿalā l-ʿālamīna
And We certainly chose them by knowledge over [all] the worlds.
Verse 32 of Surah Ad-Dukhan (44:32), a Meccan surah, is in juz 25, on page 497 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.
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And verily I selected the Israelites knowingly over the people of their time, because of their many Prophets.
We chose them8 knowingly over all other peoples.
[8] We chose the Children of Israel over all other peoples of their time for their numerous prophets.
And We chose them (the Children of Israel) above the ‘Âlamîn (mankind and jinn) [during the time of Mûsâ (Moses)] with knowledge,
And We chose them, purposely, above (all) creatures.
And We chose them aforetime above the nations, knowingly,
And certainly We chose them, having knowledge, above the nations.
And indeed We already chose them, out of a knowledge, over the worlds;
قَالَ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِنِّى ٱصْطَفَيْتُكَ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ بِرِسَٰلَٰتِى وَبِكَلَٰمِى فَخُذْ مَآ ءَاتَيْتُكَ وَكُن مِّنَ ٱلشَّٰكِرِينَ
[Allāh] said, "O Moses, I have chosen you over the people with My messages and My words [to you]. So take what I have given you and be among the grateful."
وَإِذْ قَالَتِ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ يَٰمَرْيَمُ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ ٱصْطَفَىٰكِ وَطَهَّرَكِ وَٱصْطَفَىٰكِ عَلَىٰ نِسَآءِ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
And [mention] when the angels said, "O Mary, indeed Allāh has chosen you and purified you and chosen you above the women of the worlds.
